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Collingwood urges Canadians to buy to tariffs in response

Collingwood urges Canadians to buy to tariffs in response

The Council instructs the employees to look for changes to the city’s shopping place so that the city is buying Canadians, if possible

While both the USA and the Canada agreed to implement new tariffs for imports and exports for 30 days, the Collingwood Council decided to buy Canadians more often and the US threat of tariffs as “economic warfare”.

During her meeting on February 3, Mayor Yvonne Hamlin submitted an application that the city only buys Canadian products when it practically buys, and examine the employees and report on further purchasing practices so that Collingwood can get the purchase of Canadian purchase in motion.

“We as a city buy a lot of things every day,” she said.

“I am sure that we have all been glued to the media in the past few days because we saw the risk of considerable tariffs against our shops in Canada,” said Hamlin. “We have many companies in Collingwood who employ many people who have markets in the United States.”

As part of the application, the city also encourages the residents and companies of Collingwood to buy products that were manufactured in Canada, and the employees will be convened as soon as possible a round table meeting of economic development to members of Collingwood’s production and business world discuss to the effects of tariffs to discuss.

“I am thinking about next week so that we can be unfolded this week and see what will happen between our governments,” said Hamlin.

Rating Kathy Jeffery said she was for the movement.

“I think it’s great. I am not sure how this will affect our procurement laws and how we can handle this under such circumstances, ”she said.

The city’s procurement manager, Michael Trueman, said the city had to take a look at the current procurement laws of the city, and some changes could be necessary before the city could continue.

“The statutes are our main document. We think we can drive something forward at short notice and there are things that we could also examine in the long term, ”he said.

Rating Deb Doherty found that both the federal and provincial governments are also trying to adapt their procurement rules to the tariffs in response.

“Any change that we can do at our purchasing supplement to ensure that we first buy Canadian products as we can will benefit the community for a short time and in the long term. We strengthen Canadian companies, ”said Doherty.

The council unanimously voted for the application. Rating Christopher Baines and Coun. Steve Perry was missing.